Re: Should I use Registry Cleaners and Auto Fixers for my windows?
- From: "News" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 04:31:54 +0100
"bumtracks" <lost@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bpwle.5197$Ri3.2925@xxxxxxxxxxx
>I use RegSeeker .. really it's quite a decent one Do look at each entry
>here for cleaning and selectively exclude items as for me it is not mapped
>drive/network share aware. Probably 'somewhat safe to delete all items
>RegSeeker marks as safe to delete but you should still read each - windows
>is easy to format/install even if you let it screw you, which I think would
>be difficult even for a just do it now type impatient teeny bopper.
Hai
Herein lies the problem! If you are a general user like me and don't have
serious knowledge about registries or how they work then the whole idea of
using a one stop click is not for ease of use or for impatience but it is so
that we can do it safely. Without needing specialist knowledge or behidn the
scenes technical experience.
If we have to check the registry for what we are uninstalling then is their
any point to using it? We can surely make the mistake by manually doing it
probably more so than the machine!! Thats my point.
So if you are saying you have to create Backups, then what is the point? The
very definition of a backup is incase something is done wrong, and the fact
people suggest that users should manually inspect just to be on the safe
side, means their is a degree of error. So it seems that their is a degree
of error especially for the people like me who know nothing about registries
or how they work.
Kind Regards
>
> If you have a well aged windows install it will find a ton of waste and it
> may be wise to just look over a page or so in any one day and let it
> make .reg back ups before you exclude or delete.
>
> Funny, the guys with no qualms boasting they're formatting and installing
> windows fresh every 6 months are afraid of registry cleaners because then
> they wont have reason to format/re-install anymore. Just kidding ;)
> ((maybe))
>
> "News" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:d760us$4cj$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have read some quite contrasting reports and opinions with regard to
>> registry cleaners and other tune up softwares.
>>
>> On the surface these softwares sound an excellent idea, for the general
>> user/power user who has only a general working knowledge of windows and
>> wants to keep it "tuned up" this sounds excellent.
>>
>> However, I would like to know if people can categorically say that they
>> do cause problems to some XP installations? Because it seems some people
>> have different opinions. It seems even if 85% of the time they are
>> harmless what about the 15% of the time they cause problems.
>>
>> I have just used a program called "spider" to clean out old files on my
>> pc, it was made for windows 98 by a 17 year old student some years ago,
>> and I have just reformatted my pc because some small things seemed not
>> quite right..so I worried that it caused other problems. ( I also read
>> that it caused unforseen problems in few forums).
>>
>> So my question is really one of a general nature.
>>
>> Can any of these softwares be trusted to help keep the windows
>> installation in tip top shape? And if so, which ones?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>
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